Re: [ros-dev] Patent on FAT

[Magnus Olsen]

The patnet of vfat have been rejected 2004
http://www.pubpat.org/Protecting.htm#FAT%20PATENT

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From: "Murphy, Ged (Bolton)" [e-mail]
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Subject: RE: [ros-dev] Patent on FAT
> Ge van Geldorp wrote:
> > AFAIK, it is about storing both a long and a short filename 
> > for the same
> > file in the same directory.
> >
> > GvG
>
> Do we really need the ability to store short file names?
> Can we not just remove that feature entirely?
>
> Ged.
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[Tom Lee Mullins]

Magnus Olsen wrote:
> The patnet of vfat have been rejected 2004
> http://www.pubpat.org/Protecting.htm#FAT%20PATENT

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6025447.html
"
The decision, announced Tuesday by the software giant, effectively ends
a two-year saga over the patents and reverses two non-final rulings--the latest issued in October http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5889308.html?tag=nl--in which the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rejected Microsoft's claims.
"
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5889308.html?tag=nl
http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.microsoft.com%2Fmscorp%2Fip...

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